Sis. Hon. FJC, congratulations to you and your son for his achievement. We are proud of his success and I wish him much progress and prosperity in his future endeavors. Good investment in his future. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Fatu Jahumpa Cessay <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: My Daughter Graduated!! >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 11:59:22 +0100 > >Hi Sister, >Congrts to you and your lovely daughter.I will also call Kats.(My son Alieu >in seattle will >also graduate from college on 12th May ). > >May Allah Protect You And Your Humble Family-Amen. >Bye ,Sis Hon. FJC. > >Jabou Joh wrote: > > > Dear G-L, > > > > Four years ago, in 1998, when my oldest daughter graduated high school >as a > > national merit and national achievement scholar, I bragged all over the >L > > about her college prospects. > > > > Then I became embarassed after reflecting upon it and knowing that >there > > were many talented young Gambians her age who were brighter, but who > > nevertheless had slimmer prospects for higher education due to >circumstances > > beyond their control. I decided I would never come here to brag about my >kids > > again. > > \ > > You guys were very generous in your congratulatory messages to me at >that > > time, and thus, I felt it a duty to let you know that she graduated with > > flying colours this Sunday May 12, from Duke University in Durham North > > Carolina. It was a great Mother's day present for me, and a source of >great > > pride for her dad as well. > > > > I thank all of you who have enquired privately about her progress, and >wished > > her continued success over the last four years. May Allah shower his > > blessings on all of you and yours, and especially to our young people >who > > hold such great promise for the future. I am glad we do have a national > > university now, and I hope that all the efforts towards that are >sincere, and > > fueled only by a deep desire to create opportuinty for our young people, >for > > they are the future and if we do not prepare them well, we are doomed. > > > > Jabou Joh > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >Gambia-L Web interface > > at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > > [log in to unmask] > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~